RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Opioids for persistent pain in older adults
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 443
OP 451
DO 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15023
VO 83
IS 6
A1 Marissa Galicia-Castillo
YR 2016
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/6/443.abstract
AB Older adults compose a large portion of patients with persistent pain. Opioid analgesics are widely used to treat acute and persistent pain in cancer and end-of-life care, but their use in other types of persistent pain in older adults is controversial. Clinicians and regulators must work together, balancing the legitimate medical need for opioids while acknowledging increasing opioid misuse and morbidity and mortality related to opioids.